Humans love meeting Santa, but this year we're giving your pets a chance to meet him too! Join us on 5 November and introduce your pet to the man in red, and have your photo taken. We appreciate that there are rivalries within the animal kingdom, so there are different sessions for different pets. Cats...
Every year the Mina McKenzie Memorial Lecture discusses a topic near and dear to the museum community. In 2022, Dr Bronwyn Labrum's subject is "Stories of change and innovation in the regions: Women in New Zealand museums since the 1950s" "Women now run most of the significant regional museums in New Zealand, including Te Manawa,...
Douglas MacDiarmid (1922-2020) is recognised by art historians as New Zealand’s longest-lived and longest-working painter. He is also considered to be one of the most technically and formally accomplished, imaginative, and intellectually and philosophically sophisticated artists to emerge from this country. Join cousins Stuart MacDiarmid and biographer Anna MacDiarmid Cahill in the Art Gallery as...
Santa's Cave isn't just for the kids! Join Palmy drag icon RubyDax at Te Manawa on 26 November for a special bingo night for grown-ups. Santa's Cave will be open for a tour, beer and wine will be available for purchase, there'll be nibbles at every table, and Pru will have her special Christmas-themed Museum...
Phone: +64 (06) 355-5000
0800-4-A-MUSEUM
Te Manawa Museum
326 Main Street
Private Bag 11055
Palmerston North, 4442
Aotearoa New Zealand
HOURS:
Tues – Sun: 10am – 5.00pm
(Opens 1pm Anzac Day. Closed Good Friday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. Open Mondays during School Holidays)
Free general entry.
Donations appreciated
Charges may apply to some exhibitions/programmes.
